{"id":183744,"date":"2021-02-20T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/corey-klubers-klubot-efficiency-has-yankees-thinking-big\/"},"modified":"2021-02-20T03:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T00:45:00","slug":"corey-klubers-klubot-efficiency-has-yankees-thinking-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/corey-klubers-klubot-efficiency-has-yankees-thinking-big\/","title":{"rendered":"#Corey Kluber’s Klubot efficiency has Yankees thinking big"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Corey Kluber’s Klubot efficiency has Yankees thinking big<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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TAMPA \u2014 For those concerned that nerds already have too much say on the Yankees, it surely won\u2019t hearten you to know that the team\u2019s ultra-popular Machine has been joined by a Klubot.<\/p>\n

Then again, who wouldn\u2019t want Corey Kluber to become the team\u2019s pitching version of DJ LeMahieu?<\/p>\n

Actually, the Yankees probably would settle for Kluber, the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner, providing half the value LeMahieu averaged (4.45 wins above replacement, as per Baseball-Reference.com) in his first two Yankees seasons, as long as he\u2019s good to go for October. Though Brian Cashman and company gambled $11 million that the 34-year-old Kluber could rebound from two injury-prone seasons, his Machine-like app<\/a>roach to the game<\/a> and its potential benefits weren\u2019t lost on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think when we started down this road with Corey, and you start diving into maybe a guy\u2019s makeup or whatever, some of those comparisons were naturally uttered just because of DJ being here obviously, so there probably are some similarities,\u201d Aaron Boone said Friday, following a pitchers and catchers workout at the Yankees\u2019 player development complex. \u201cI also like to think that as much as those guys are The Klubot and The Machine and low-key in certain ways, they\u2019re also guys that, when you get in there, have some really neat personalities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kluber, who pitched for Stetson University alongside another quiet fellow named Jacob deGrom, said Friday of his nickname: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I dislike it. I think that it was maybe overplayed a little bit, would be my thought. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m for it or against it. It doesn\u2019t make a difference to me, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Corey Kluber\u2019s efficiency has earned him the nickname \u201cThe Klubot\u201d<\/figcaption>
Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you watched Kluber drive the Indians to Game 7 of the 2016 World Series<\/a>, one win shy of ending the franchise\u2019s title drought, you might argue that the handle got underplayed, so prominent were his coolness on the mound and dryness in the media<\/a> room. When his manager, Terry Francona, lifted him during the seventh inning of AL Championship Series Game 1, with the Indians holding a 2-0 lead, Kluber walked to the dugout and didn\u2019t acknowledge the Progressive Field standing ovation. When a troublemaking New York reporter (OK, it was me) asked him about the possible diss, a surprised-looking Kluber replied: \u201cI\u2019m still locked in at that point in time. I can\u2019t just flip a switch and turn it off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spoken like a true Klubot, wouldn\u2019t you agree?<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s his character. I wouldn\u2019t say \u2018dry\u2019 in my words, but I do think it\u2019s very concise and efficient in his language and his communication,\u201d said Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake, who got to know Kluber while working in the Indians\u2019 minor league system. \u201cI do think that he does open more in some of the social fabric of a team. I think he draws a lot from those relationships. I think the most valuable part of him that a lot of people speak to is just his consistency and his preparation and the way he goes about his work and is very focused and detailed and intentful. That\u2019s going to fit right in here with a lot of the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor sure. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m ever going to be the most vocal person in a room,\u201d Kluber conceded. \u201cBut I think that probably as most people, the more comfortable you get in a situation, the more you open up to people. I think that\u2019s part of team-building.\u201d<\/p>\n

LeMahieu joined the Yankees for 2019 after receiving a surprisingly large commitment ($24 million over two years) and coming off a couple of underwhelming seasons. The soft-spoken veteran quickly became a clubhouse and crowd favorite, his actions speaking loudly and his few words resonating, and the Yankees retained him for $90 million in January.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s highly difficult to envision Kluber, arriving under related circumstances, attaining a new career peak in pinstrip<\/a>es as LeMahieu has. It\u2019s easier to wonder if he can join ace Gerrit Cole as a postseason starting option. And if he can imbue his teammates with wisdom and steadiness along the way.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s anything besides a nerdy proposition. All eyes are on The Klubot to see if he can turn it into reality.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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